Democratic Socialist, and Bernie Sanders will be the first to say that he is not talking about Socialism in so far as government controlling the means of all production. Bernie Sanders is actually not very extremely left. He IS slightly more left than the rest of the party, but he is very much a Democrat not a…

Or an actual (admitted) socialist. I wouldn’t go as far as to label Trump a fascist - but yeah, both extremes would be terrible for the country.

Or people could stop getting their panties in a twist, grow up, and stop taking offense where none was intended. FFS

It really doesn’t matter if they used encryption or not. That’s no excuse to forbid privacy for all citizens. I don’t care if they found definitive proof that every terrorist attack this century could have been prevented if encryption was banned/broken. It’s not worth it.

My phone and computer are encrypted. The reason I have to do that is to insure my clients communications are kept confidential. My clients aren’t doing anything illegal, but they don’t want competitors to know what they are coming out with next. If they allow backdoors, then I have to write my own and that is no easy…

And apparently you missed the “worst on record” part.

In other words, hype and sensationalism, instead of facts and information.

Giz seems to be turning into a dumping ground for things that don’t fit neatly in the other sites.

I’m sure Dennis is laughing at “Godzilla” El Niño...

Me too :( Instead of paying someone who knew what he was doing and was passionate about it, they opted to can him and have other people rattle off some press releases.

Agreed. Long live The Vane (http://www.dennismersereau.com/)

So Gawker Media decided it was a good idea to can a weather specific sub blog and then post weather “news” in Gizmodo? In what universe does that make sense?

I miss Dennis :(

They probably killed sausage

Then you have nothing to worry about, I’m from SoCal and I can assure you, we drive incompetently rain or shine.

Does this mean I’m going to have to deal with people in SoCal trying (and failing) to drive competently in the rain for the next six months? Because I don’t know if I can take that.

Godzilla Cthulhu Sauron El Niño of 2015 vs California MegaDrought of 2000-2015.

May it rest in peace.

This compared to what The Vane used to produce is as sure a sign that yes, The Vane is dead and gone. :(

I don't know; there's a pretty big risk of you having a child and completely derailing your life.